Manager of Postsecondary Success (2026-2027 SY)

Application Deadline: Friday, May 1st, 2026 at 8:00am CST

Location: In-person, on-site in Nashville, TN

Employment Type: Full-time, 12 month role starting in the 2026-2027 school year.

Salary: The salary range for this role is $60,450-$69,550 and placement is based on prior school leadership experience.

About Valor: Founded in 2014, Valor Collegiate Academies is a top-performing, public charter school network in Nashville, Tennessee, serving students in Grades 5-12 across three schools. Our mission is to create a community where students of all backgrounds have equitable access to an education that prepares them to live inspired and purposeful lives. This mission is made possible through an innovative school model that balances rigorous academics and whole-child education in an intentionally diverse environment. Learn more about Valor: https://valorcollegiate.org/our-model/

About the Role:

Valor Collegiate Academies is seeking a Manager of Postsecondary Success who will work closely with Valor College Prep’s Director of Postsecondary Success to improve and implement a suite of student-facing experiences that, collectively and over time, support and develop VCP’s students in the following:

• More deeply knowing themselves
• Cultivating meaningful and diverse networks of relationships
• Clarifying their purpose and future path through innovation, action, and reflection
  
  

Additionally, in their role, the Manager of Postsecondary Success will sit on the Postsecondary Success Team and move forward schoolwide enrichment and community service initiatives that help students learn to wayfind, adapt, and thrive in a diverse world.

Core Responsibilities:

The Manager of Postsecondary Success will oversee efforts in four domains related to the student experience at Valor’s high school:

• Improvement and coordination of student “signature experiences,” or experiential learning modules, aligning them to our graduate aims for every grade-level. In-person attendance and facilitation for each of these experiences is required. Responsibilities in this domain include:
• managing partnerships with outside organizations
• preparation and support of partners and staff to implement these experiences
• learning and iterating on these experiences
• Coaching and intellectual preparation. Responsibilities include:
• conducting weekly observations, coaching meetings, and follow-up action planning with assigned staff
• supporting the planning and execution of 11th and 12th grade Postsecondary Success Seminars
• building staff capacity to effectively guide students and families through postsecondary planning
• Develop a plan to leverage existing curriculum—or create new curriculum as needed—to cultivate lower school students in the graduate aims (wayfinding, intellectual prowess, thriving in a diverse world, and a reliable inner compass), ensuring students build the skills and habits necessary to successfully access their desired postsecondary pathways by senior year.
• Development of enrichment and community service partnerships and programs that contribute to / enhance students’ post-secondary readiness. Responsibilities in this domain include:
• Counseling 10th and 11th graders and families towards summer commitments that best align with areas of interest and curiosity and/or their post-secondary goals and supporting students and families through these application and aid processes.
• Piloting service “days’’ or trips in select grade-levels, developing partnerships with community sites where students can earn hours and/or become consistently involved, designing a comprehensive system to promote, schedule, and track what service opportunities and students’ hours.
  
  

Additional responsibilities include:

Piloting and Learning

• Identify alumni projects to test and learn from critical ingredients of experience design, through implementation and where possible through smaller pilots before full implementation.
• Coordinate the process of learning from pilots and implementation and use those learnings to improve the experience design for future years
  
  

Collaborative Leadership

• Participate in and help lead regular meetings of network and school leaders involved in relevant experiences.
• Work closely with Valor College prep leadership and house team leaders to ensure experiences are integrated and sustainable within the overall high school design
  
  

Network-Based Duties

• Enforce, uphold, and exhibit school’s values, student management policies, and culture
• Own arrival duty and/or dismissal duty to support school-based needs
  
  

Critical Experience and Qualifications:

• You hold a Bachelor's degree or higher
• You have at least 2 years of lead teaching experience as a teacher of record with evidence of being a high-performing classroom teacher in a 9-12th grade setting with strong personal development practice and/or history
• You have experience in roles that involve coordinating or facilitating meaningful experiences for high school students, ideally related to rites of passage and/or post-secondary planning.
• You have experience with curriculum planning/standards based course design, especially in unit based design
• You have experience or a high willingness to engage with the principles of liberatory design and research and development cycles
• You have experience with effectively implementing initiatives across and through teams of adults
• You demonstrate a track record of meeting high expectations and accomplishing goals even in the face of obstacles.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to manage and complete multiple projects and deadlines.
• You enjoy working as part of a collaborative team and have a strong “whatever it takes” mindset when it comes to accomplishing goals and objectives at work.
• You are optimistic, resilient, curious, and are passionate about personal growth and student success.
  
  

Interview Process:

Here is what you can expect in the process for this role

• Resume Cover Letter Review
• Phone Interview
• Performance Task
• Interview with Leaders
• Reference Checks
• Offer extension
  
  

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time role with full comprehensive health and retirement benefits
• Free access to an on-site strength & conditioning facility, Vanderbilt Health Clinic, retirement counseling, and mental health support and resources
• Employee laptop provided and unlimited school supplies
• Full-time employees wishing to enroll their student at Valor in grades 5-12 will be placed at the top of the new student waitlist
  
  

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

Valor believes in the importance of being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization that enables students and staff to thrive. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to thrive in a diverse world.